Agricultural Operations Management

Agricultural operations management (AOM) combines hands-on applied coursework and core business principles with emerging technologies and sustainable methods to enable students to apply cutting edge techniques to a wide variety of career paths.

The curriculum supports students who plan to seek career opportunities in commercial business operations and management. In addition to hands-on applied skills, students also will take courses in economics, accounting, business, finance, sales and business management. Graduates become an integral part of the profitable operations of many types of businesses, such as grove management, commercial nurseries, building construction and materials, cattle operations, regulatory agencies and citrus processing.

The Agricultural Operations Management program is housed in Rogers Hall with laboratories, classrooms and a student computing lab, and also features an additional off-site construction laboratory on Museum Road.

The program features electives in focused areas of concentration. Students choose from Sustainable Energy and Facilities, Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Leadership or Extension, Animal Production Management, Fishery and Aquatic Production, Forest Resources and Conservation, Horticulture and Crop Management, and Soil and Water Science.

Semester 5

Model Semester Plan

To remain on track, students must complete the appropriate critical-tracking courses, which appear in bold. These courses must be completed by the terms as listed above in the Critical Tracking criteria.

This semester plan represents an example progression through the major. Actual courses and course order may be different depending on the student's academic record and scheduling availability of courses. Prerequisites still apply.